Damascus

Examples

• Go back as far as you will into the vague past, there was always a Damascus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The centre of gravity of Islam shifted across the desert from Damascus to Mesopotamia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Her sharp Damascus blade seemed out of place, and useless among rose-leaves. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Damascus dates back anterior to the days of Abraham, and is the oldest city in the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He says: Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I always expect her to sheer off to Damascus or San Francisco; she's a bird of paradise. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The early history of Damascus is shrouded in the mists of a hoary antiquity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• How they hate a Christian in Damascus! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I do not like riding in the Damascus street-cars. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Satisfied revenge was all I needed to make me perfectly happy, and when I walked in to supper that first night in Damascus I was in that condition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In Damascus they think there are no such rivers in all the world as their little Abana and Pharpar. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They do say that one can get into any walled city of Syria, after night, for bucksheesh, except Damascus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Damascus has plenty of clear, pure water in it, though, and this is enough, of itself, to make an Arab think it beautiful and blessed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It was cruel to urge the crippled horses, but it had to be done in order to make Damascus Saturday night. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• If I were to go to Damascus again, I would camp on Mahomet's hill about a week, and then go away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Edited by Bridget